Miami Vice (1984–1989): Season 1, Episode 20 - Nobody Lives Forever - full transcript

A passionate romance distracts Crockett to the point that it nearly derails the pursuit of three thugs on a rampage.

♪ On the day I was born ♪

♪ The nurses all gathered round ♪

♪ And they gazed at in wide wonder ♪

♪ At the joy they had found ♪

♪ The head nurse spoke up
Said leave this one alone ♪

♪ She could tell right away
That I was bad to the bone ♪ Bad!

♪ Bad to the bone ♪
Ricky!

♪ Bad to the bone ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone ♪



♪ I broke a thousand hearts before
I met you ♪ What do you want, huh?

What are you, a punk? Get out of the
way. ♪ I'll break a thousand more, baby ♪

♪ Before I am through ♪
Move it!

♪ I wanna be yours, pretty baby ♪

♪ Yours and yours alone ♪
- Run him off!

Get off the road, you scum.
♪ I'm here to tell you, honey ♪

♪ That I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

You guys are crazy.
♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪
Get off the road.

♪ Bad to the bone ♪

Hey!

Give it up, man.

Hey. Check this out.



The clouds look like skulls.
Let me see.

♪ I'll make an old woman blush ♪
Whoa!

♪ And make a young woman squeal
I wanna be yours, pretty baby ♪

♪ Yours and yours alone ♪
- All right.

♪ I'm here to tell ya, honey
that I'm bad to the bone ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

Whoa. Check this out, man.
What, man?

♪ Bad to the bone ♪ Check this out. Looks
like the guy's making book or something.

How much you think
he's got in the sack?

Give me the bag, okay?

Give me the bag.
Stupid. Very stupid.

- You don't look so bad.
- Here's another.

Wait, don't go!

Come on!
Whoo!

Yeah, I'll hold.

Monday night was dinner
with Brenda.

Wednesday...
Cocktails at the Biscayne with Brenda.

Thursday, Brenda gets
box seats at the symphony.

Sonny Crockett at the symphony?

What's wrong with that? Saturday,
Sonny and Brenda sail to Key West.

I mean, this has been
the hottest two weeks on record.

Yeah, so the lady's warmed up
my social life.

Yeah, hurry up.
Warmed it up?

Hey, that chick has set
that sucker on fire.

You know, I can remember when
your idea of fun...

Thinking about fun was, like, when you
wanted to put some catnip in Elvis's kibble.

Yeah, I'll call you after.
We're here.

What is it with you, Tubbs?

You gettin' jealous on me?
You bet I'm jealous.

There's nothing finer
than falling in love.

Yeah, well, I ain't falling
in love. What do you call it?

L.W.P.
L.W.P.?

Lust With Potential.
Is this the bookie shooters?

Yeah, car was reported stolen out of
North Lauderdale yesterday morning.

Some shell casings on the backseat.
Whiskey bottles, couple of roaches...

and comic books.

You ever notice how fetching
Betty and Veronica look in miniskirts?

Beyond sick.

This was no organized hit.

More likely a day at the circus
for some joyriding punks.

Real poets too.

So you still haven't told me
why you and your wife got divorced.

You don't wanna hear about
my sordid past.

Every gruesome detail.

Why did Caroline and I get divorced?

I guess my checks and balances
weren't working too well.

This job can really
do a number on you sometimes.

Stupid.

It's not funny.
I can't believe I'm laughing.

Okay. It's your turn.
The ugliest guy you ever dated.

Never dated ugly guys.

I didn't.
You don't play fair.

I never said I did.

Good.

I like that.

Keeps things interesting.

Morning.

You're nuts.

I'll make you breakfast
in about 10 minutes.

Oh, I can't. I'm running late.

Oh.
Go to work, dedicated cop.

Soon as I get my shirt back.

How about dinner?

♪ When I walk the streets
kings and queens step aside ♪

♪ Every woman I meet
they all stay satisfied ♪

♪ I wanna tell ya, pretty baby
What I see I make my own ♪

♪ And I'm here to tell you, honey
that I'm bad to the bone ♪

♪ Bad to the bone ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

♪ B-B-B-Bad ♪

♪ Bad to the bone ♪

♪♪

Here's the rest of them.

They must steal more cars
in this city than they sell.

You really think it was
just a random hit? Positive.

These shooters are just wheeling. No
premeditation. Not trying to cover tracks.

It's just us trying to catch up with them.

Where's your partner?
I think he went to the dentist.

Who's got the toothache,
Crockett or Brenda?

Look here, Toyotas, Datsuns, Hondas. Even
crooks are looking for good gas mileage.

Who's got the toothache,
Crockett or Brenda?

I make it a point not to keep tabs
on my partner's social register.

Tubbs.
Yeah, Zito.

Robbery just found a stolen Buick
at some fleabag motel up in Opa-Locka.

Where was it lifted? Two blocks away from where
they ditched their getaway wheels yesterday.

There was a bunch of comic
books in the backseat. Solid.

The shooters split, but Robbery also found some
phone numbers that they used from the motel room.

They need some help tracking
down addresses. I'm on it.

I'm gonna find Switek.

This thing with Brenda.

Must be real, huh?

Whatever that means.

That's my money those punks ripped
off and I wanna know who put them up to it.

Lombard? Cubans?

It's too messy for Lombard
and too cute for the Cubanos.

Innocent people died.
Maybe Colombians.

Don't even think that.

We put extra security on everything.

We put word out on the street
that we wanna find these punks.

When we locate 'em,
I want you to talk to them.

Find out what the hell's going on...
then kill 'em.

How many more we got
after this one?
- Two.

I gotta call Brenda
and tell her I'm gonna be late.

You got a quarter?

♪ I'm in love I'm all shook up ♪ Yeah,
yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I'm probably gonna be about,
oh, another hour.

We got a couple more stops to make.

Of course, I may have to go over to
Tubbs's place, watch the tube.

- They're rerunning My Mother the Car.
- Oh, how exciting.

Yeah, I'm dying to see it.

Well, uh, a man can only take
so much of an enchanting,

exotic, professional woman
like yourself, you know what I mean?

Still miss me? Of course I miss
you. I told you that an hour ago.

Yeah.
Yes, I really miss you.

Oh, perfect.
Tell me again.

All right, pay attention, Brenda.
I really, really miss you.

Well, we miss you too, baby.

Come on. Knock it off, will you?
Give a guy a break.

I'm trying to get a date here.

I'll call you later.

Whoo!

Sonny? Hello?

Sonny. Sonny?

Sonny!

That was them?

It was them.

A little more chin.

That's too much.
Just kidding.

It's perfect.

Why weren't you inside?
- He was covering the back door.

I was making a phone call.

Homicide thinks these kids may have been involved
in a speed mart robbery early this morning.

The night clerk was killed
trying to stop 'em.

Homicide wants us to keep our eye
on Morgan's lunch wagon operation.

So I'm taking you off of
the Lombard surveillance...

so you can give it
your full attention.

What are you thinking about?

I screwed up last night.

My mind wasn't on my job.
It was on you.

Sorry.

But I'm also glad.

So you're human.
So you think about more than your job.

Is there something wrong with that?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Tubbs shuttled copies out to all divisions.

Good.

There's a face only a mother could love.

I went to Raimando's last week.
Remember Nick, the maître d'?

Yeah, how is "Slick Nick"?
He misses you.

I promised him
I'd bring you by this weekend.

Uh, this weekend, um...

But if you're in the mood for some
home cooking, that could be arranged too.

Gina, this weekend's gonna be
a little rough.

You just keep me around
for an occasional pit stop...

until something better comes around.

Feels really great,
let me tell you, Sonny. Gina.

That's not fair.
That's right.

It's not fair at all.
Just stay out of my life.

You and Tubbs been partners long?
Not too long.

Is it true that
it's like being married?

Well, not exactly.
I mean, they don't give us blood tests.

No, I mean that your partner
comes before anybody else.

On the job.
Off the job?

I can't remember the last time
I was really off the job.

Am I ever gonna be
your partner, Crockett?

Word is that I can be
pretty tough to get along with.

Gimme a chance.

Gentlemen, all I ask you is to say
sí to the world of real Italian leather.

Give me your finger.

Feel the earth move over your skin.

These shoes were worn by
Richard Gere in American Gigolo.

All I got left is size eight,
eight and a half.

I wear 11.
- That's perfect.

Because Italian leather will mold
like putty, like vacu-form.

See, these shoes will feel like
they were born... on your feet.

Also, I have some wooden clogs...
I'll get back to you later, huh?

Hey, you guys are a thorn
in the side of free enterprise.

Ain't nothing free
about your enterprise, Izzy.

Except for this little favor
you're going to do for us.

Hey, man, you don't even
let a guy turn over a new "sleeve."

I know what you want.
He's psychic.

What's to tell, huh?

Three punks goin' around
puttin' holes in people, things.

What is this?
Reader's Digest condensed Izzy Moreno?

Hey, man, listen, all I want is...

enough air between me and them
as "humanely" possible, eh?

Find 'em, Iz.

Hey, you got it, eh?

We're shooting blanks
We can't track these kids.

You got a better idea? Yeah,
let's bag it. Turn it over to Homicide.

We got better things to do. Why
don't you let me handle this one alone?

Take a couple days off.
Take the weekend.

I don't need a couple of days off. I think
we're just sitting and spinning our wheels.

I think you're just visiting.
Your mind's on your lady.

I don't wanna get
my butt blown off because of it.

No biggie. I just think you should take a couple of
days off and get over whatever it is you gotta get over.

♪ New love is calling me ♪

♪ Old love has set me free ♪

♪ And it's so right
and it's so fine ♪

♪ It's new love
It's mine, all mine ♪

♪ She said you need me ♪

♪ And I need you ♪

♪ And she knows how it feels
'cause she's been there too ♪

♪ She took my hand
and the pain was gone ♪

♪ She gave me hope
and a brand-new song ♪

♪ New love is calling me ♪

♪ Old love has set me free ♪

This is paradise. ♪ Old love
is just some tears I cried♪♪

I gotta give these damn things up
one of these days.

That's probably
the least dangerous thing you do.

What happened the other night
doesn't happen a lot.

How many times is a lot?
I mean, I've never even seen a gun fired...

much less had one fired at me.

How do you go from this... tranquillity...

to that violence?

I usually take the Ferrari.

No, I'm serious. I don't know how you
make the adjustment. I'd be terrified.

Who says I'm not terrified?
I've just learned not to dwell on it.

Hell of an atmosphere to work in.

Constantly suppressing your fears.

Is that the way everyone else
you work with feels?

I suppose everybody has
different ways of handling it.

It must make you very close to
the people you work with.

Yeah. We are.

Why?

That one woman detective
you told me about? Gina?

Yeah.

She's a good cop
and a good friend.

And we're there for each other.

Does that include being there
for each other sexually?

Sometimes.

I'm sorry. I just...

I just want this to be
the beginning of falling in love.

Not the last stages of
some hot and heavy romance.

Forgive me.

Never.

Hey, listen. What do you say?
Why don't we get out of Miami, all right?

That's right. Las Vegas.

We're not done with
this place yet.

How would you rightful and delightful
dudes like to be two inches taller, huh?

Every man's fantasy.

On the outside, timeless design.

On the inside,
one and three-quarter inch...

thick plastic, case-hardened inner mold.

Eyes in the sky, prices you can afford.

I'm all out of nines.
- You want some of this?

Hey, uh, not everybody's into
bargain footwear, huh?

Hey, I'm gonna turn around right now
and mind my own business, okay?

Good idea.

Hut, two, three, four.
Hut, two, three.

Give me the usual.

Never mind.
Give me a cheese Danish.

Uh, you got a phone here?

Look at her over there. Look.

I got a present for you.

What is this, man?
What do ya think you are?

I want to talk to Senor Morgan.

Uh-oh. Uh-oh.

Well, well, well.
How you doin', guys?

Nah, nah, nah.

Beat it... Dad.

The lunch truck you knocked over
the other day was Morgan's.

It was, uh...
It was really pretty righteous.

Got any more bookies?

You got any more?
Bang! Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You guys make great hamburgers.

Keep the change.

My God.

Land says that both of 'em
belong to Morgan.

They don't belong to anybody now.

Time's running out on these kids.
Moreno.

¿Qué Paso, eh?
You "pasa."

You put in that call
to Morgan, didn't you?

Hey, he made me an offer
I couldn't "abuse."

A thousand dollars.
I got dental work.

Go away, Moreno.
You smell like a French fry.

Hey, I did you guys a favor, man.
You should be kissing my zapatos.

Could be you lying in there.
Hey, those guys aren't afraid of you.

They're not afraid of Morgan.
They're not afraid of anybody.

You can't kill 'em, man.
They already dead.

Back on the chain gang, Crockett.
Good life is over, buddy.

Man, this is nice. Real nice.

What are you doing here?

Forgot what a laugh riot you are.

Speaking of laugh riots,
Moreno wants to see us this morning.

He might have some information
on the Three Musketeers.

I mean, we're not as big as
Arquitectonics,

but we got a lot of new buildings
and restorations and...

I like the renovations that they're
doing on the art decos in South Miami.

Yeah, some of those are ours.

Hmm. Now, Crockett here, he doesn't know
the difference between Bauhaus and outhouse.

Listen, when you outgrow this guy, give
me a call and I'll show you the real Miami.

You guys are partners, huh?

Yeah, I carry him.

I think I'll get dressed.

So.

How was the sea cruise?
- Oh, it was great.

Elvis had one too many, but...

You gonna let Sonny come back
to work now?

I didn't realize he needed my permission.

You know, Brenda, when I look
around this house with everything in it...

Whew. It's wall-to-wall style.

The view. Gorgeous garden.
It's like a fantasy.

I ask myself, "What is a street cop
like Sonny Crockett doing in a fantasy?"

This is no fantasy.
This is my life.

What about Crockett's life?

Can you imagine a bunch of tired cops
and their wives out on your veranda?

How many department softball games...

and barbecues are you gonna attend?

Let me see if I have this straight.

Sonny's a middle-class dolt.

I'm a tasteful, but shallow jet-setter
and you're God?

Thanks for breakfast.

So, what's the verdict?

Nice lady. Not your type,
but a nice lady.

Not my type?
What the hell is my type?

The bearded lady at the circus.

Speaking of the circus.

Uh, a friend of mine
was approached by these three dudes.

Said they were looking to score some major
smoke, but they needed time to get the cash.

So when and where's
the deal going down?
- It's not.

My friend's old lady shot him last night.

Great.

Hey, look, look. They're going to stick
up some of Morgan's lunch wagons.

How do you know this? I heard 'em
talk about it in the diner the other day.

Man, they're really into squeezing
Morgan's adrenals in a major way.

Hey, I'm not exactly
the Peace Corps, huh?

Hey.

Hey, I just gave you
some very valuable information.

Hey, no, no. Come on. The
streets are on fire out there, man.

How many hot dog trucks
does this guy Morgan got?

They're all out of the gate.

How many days it been
since these kids hit anyone?

Three days.

Think it's worth talking to
Moreno's bozo friend?

I don't even think
it's worth talking to Moreno.

Company.

Morgan's security.
- We've been made. Damn.

Nothin' to write home about.
I'm gonna check you guys tomorrow.

Another hard day at the office.

Wanna take in some dinner?
- Uh...

Don't tell me.

I'll see you here tomorrow morning
at 6:00 a.m.

Let's play a game.
The Sonny and Brenda game.

How about Monopoly?

Sonny and Brenda get married.
The Crocketts.

And I get to ask you questions
about the Crocketts.

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

The Crocketts. The Crocketts.
Where do they live?

This could be very dangerous.
Where do the Crocketts live?

Okay. Let's see.

The Crocketts live in a big,
big house on the water in Miami Lakes.

How many kids do the Crocketts have?

What year is this?
1990.

Two and a dog.
Whoa, you move fast.

Um, where do the Crocketts vacation?

Oh, let's see. Uh, we take the kids
fishing, camping, to Disney World.

You know, the usual stuff.

And you and me alone?
Where do we go?

Wherever.
Paris for summer.

Come on, Brenda.

Maybe when I retire.

I doubt if I could
get that much time off.

What are you getting at?

Who are our friends?
Other married couples?

Other cops? Who do we
see? How the hell do I know?

I don't like your game.

Wait. Hang on.
Sonny, where are you going?

To bed.
I gotta be up early.

Yeah, way to go, Crockett.
Way to go.

Good morning.

What time is it?

Good morning.

Why didn't you wake me up? You
looked like you needed to sleep.

Where the hell's my watch?

Sonny, it's 7:30.
Why didn't you wake me up?

Well, you didn't...

What? What is it?

What is the big deal?
Will you talk to me?

Homicide wants us to
step up the surveillance on Morgan.

Homicide is wrong.

They're probably halfway
to California by now.

You're missing the point. Those
punks are not running from anybody.

Let's hear it.

Morgan just beat up a cop.
We can write our own ticket.

We shut him down for a couple of days
and use one of his trucks to bait the trap.

Set it up.
We'll start this afternoon.

Tubbs, you work it out
with Switek and Zito.

Crockett, I have some paperwork
for you this afternoon.

♪ I can hear your heartbeat ♪

♪ Knockin' on the window ♪

♪ I can feel the white heat down below ♪

♪ I can hear you whisper ♪

♪ Coming from the shadows ♪

♪ Touch me like a hot hand on my soul ♪

♪ I can hear you tiptoe ♪

♪ I can hear the door close ♪

♪ Anticipation in me grows ♪

♪ Sometimes I ♪

♪ Sometimes I ♪

♪ Sometimes I understand it
very clearly ♪

♪ Heartbeat, heartbeat ♪

♪ Listen to my heart beat ♪

♪ Oh, heartbeat, heartbeat ♪

♪ Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Heartbeat, heartbeat ♪

♪ Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Oh, heartbeat, heartbeat ♪

♪ Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Heartbeat, heartbeat ♪

♪ Heart
Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Heartbeat, heart
Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Heartbeat, heart
Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Heartbeat
Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Heartbeat
Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Heartbeat
Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪ Heartbeat, heart
Listen to my heartbeat ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Oh, good morning. Hi. Oh,
I gotta run. I'm late.

Brenda, I need to talk to you.
Got a 9:30 with the boss.

It's important.

He can wait.
Probably used to it by now.

You're a very special person.

And you mean a great deal to me.

I think...

We have to slow things down.

I think you're right.

You could've pretended
to be a little disappointed.

I was never disappointed.
Neither was I.

It's been a wonderful fantasy.

We can't afford fantasies anymore.

At least... I can't.

So?

So, how about...

if we try to make this
a terrific reality?

How do we do that?

Maybe if we both...

step back and try to figure out...

how the rest of our lives
fit into this.

You never know what could happen.

I'm not so sure I like
the rational side of you.

All in all,
you're a pretty wonderful guy.

You're not so bad yourself.

Oh, yeah. Here.

In case you lock yourself
out of that terrific house of yours.

I can always break the windows.

Yeah, but then the alarms will go off,
and the cops'll have to come.

Mmm, you never know
who might show up.

At some point it's gonna end. They're gonna
catch us, the whole thing's gonna be over with,

and then it's gonna be jail, man...
Shut up, man.

Why don't you shut your face! Do
you know what they do to you in jail?

What are you doing? What'd you
do that for? We're out of money.

Man, those bookies, man.

Those bookies, man.

They always use the same routine.

Yeah. Those guys are stupid, man.
We could get them again.

We could do that.
Let's get the bookies!

Let's get the bookies!

Let's get the bookies!

Let's get the bookies!

The bookies! The bookies!

How much longer
are we gonna wait this out?

About a half an hour.

Gina.
Yeah.

Get everybody out of here.

Tubbs, you were right.

Unit 4, they're coming
in your direction.

♪♪

Let's take 'em quick, man. You stay
here and you cover me, man. All right?

Give me the bag.

Come on. Move it.
Gimme the bag, man.

Easy.

Party's over, kid.
- Nobody lives forever.

Wanna go fishing?
I'd rather go trollin'.